Nitter AlternativesOnly Free apps categorised as Twitter Clients

The best free Twitter Client alternative to Nitter is Squawker, which is also Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 10 alternatives to Nitter and nine of them are free Twitter Clients so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free Twitter Client alternatives to Nitter are piko, Parasitter, Oysttyer and Flamingo for Twitter.

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  1. Squawker icon

    Squawker

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    Squawker is an open-source anonymous X (Twitter) client. It was created as a fork of fritter.

    5 Squawker alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • F-Droid
    • OpenAPK
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  2. piko icon

    piko

     5 likes

    Open Source Patches for Twitter (now X) and Instagram, patchable through CLI and Morphe Manager.

    10 piko alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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  4. Parasitter icon

    Parasitter

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    Parasitter allows you to follow your favorite Twitter accounts with full privacy. Parasitter uses Nitter's rss feed in order to gather the latest tweets from your favourite accounts and builds a twitter-like feed so you can read them.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  5. Oysttyer icon

    Oysttyer

     4 likes

    Oysttyer is a console text-based command-line Twitter client and Perl platform, fork of ttytter

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. Flamingo for Twitter icon

    Flamingo for Twitter

     7 likes

    Flamingo is a bright and colourful Twitter client, which a simple and greatly customisable interface. It provides you with the Twitter experience you know and love with beautiful material design. You can easily switch between several accounts, and individually theme those...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  9. Twicca icon

    Twicca

     18 likes

    Twicca is a Twitter client for Android that is simply awesome.

    Features:

    • Notification
    • Auto pager
    • Search
    • Post with photo upload
    • Geo tagging
    • Saved searches
    • Recent hashtags
    • Reply history
    • Lists
    • Retweet
    • Color label
    • Managing twitter profile
    • Trending topics *.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • JP flagJapan
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  10. qTwitter icon

    qTwitter

     2 likes

    qTwitter is an application interacting with microblogging services, such as Twitter, Identi.ca and others based on StatusNet application (former laconica). It aims to be as compact as possible still providing outstanding usability.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  11. Squawkkers icon

    Squawkkers

     2 likes

    Maintained open-source client for X providing a privacy-focused, ad-free experience. Prioritizes user-controlled timelines, excludes algorithmic feeds, and offers a minimalist interface by removing non-essential features, supporting power users and transparency.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • MA flagMorocco
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